Something Scrappy!

I have been a bad. bad blogger. But what's new, right?

  

I had some time to myself a couple of weeks ago and worked on a banner. I liked it so much, I made a second one.

Monkey's (aka Chase) room has some mized media canvases in it that I did up using Monstrosity line. So keeping with the theme, I used the same line for these banners.It took three packs of Maya Roads banner albums to have enough for both banners. I sprayed the canvas pages with Studio Cailco's Mr Huey in Apple Jack (the bestest colour, if you ask me). I used my Slice to make the scalloped circles and the alphas.

As soon as I started Monkey's, I decided to make one for Muffin (aka Jasper) too. I love how they turned out. Adorable!

Stay tune for more scrappy goodness. I'm working on a couple of layouts right now...And I may have gotten some good news a couple of days ago which will get me blogging a little more.

Until next time...

Time is flying!

As I try to figure out how to balance my life, chores, errands, weight loss and crafting; two little boys are growing up a little too fast.

My little Monkey is four years old! Four! I can't believe it. I asked him when he got so big. He told me it was when Wee Man came home. Monkey stands a little short of four feet tall and he weights around 40 pounds. He's still wearing 5T, but we're starting to buy size 6 now. His feet are huge, and he still has clumsy paws for hands. He's going to be a tall guy some day, I think. He loves chicken nuggets, french fries and grill cheese sandwiches. He won't touch a vegetable unless it's cucumber or red pepper. To say that he is Thomas the Train obessed would be putting it mildly. He can count to 100 (and to 10 in French and Spanish), knows all his colours, can do some basic math and spelling. This little booger made me a mommy; and I couldn't be prouder to call him mine.

As for Wee Man...He's now six months old! I'm not sure how long he is currently (6 month check up today), but two weeks ago, he was 12 pounds extactly. He's sleeping a bit better at night, he's eating rice cereal, oatmeal and, as of yesterday, butternut squash. He can roll from back to front, and front to back. He's currently trying to sit up on his own. He's not there yet, but I think he's close. He can sit for short amounts of time if placed in a sitting postion. He's also figured out what his legs are for. He can walk around a little with support. He's still toothless, but we can see the white bumps of strained gums.

These boys are my world right now. At their tender age, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Happy Love Day

 Today, I am saying....

Tonight is my weight in at Weight Watchers. No, no chocolates. Yes, yes veggies. And bad me for drinking diet pop instead of water so far today.    Why diet pop instead of regular pop? It's not because I'm a Weight Watchers member. It's because of the amount of sugar in pop. I stopped drinking regular pop when I was a teen. Yes, I know the chemicals in diet pop are just as bad. I'm not allowing myself chocolate and I haven't had a chip since November. I have to give myself something!

V-Day is not a complete bust in our Weight Watchers household. A certain little 3-year-old (almost 4!) took Lightning McQueen cards and homemade crayon hearts to pre-school this morning.

These ones aren't mine. Unknown source. But mine are just as pretty. I was just too lazy too upload the picture off the camera yet.

I also have a little display of V-Day goodies for my little Valentine when he comes home from school. The tiniest Valentine just gets extra cuddles since he's only 5 months old.

Hope you have a great day!

Layouts!

I've neglected this blog again. I'll post my Project Life pictures tomorrow again. Not all of them. That would just be too much. Maybe just from this past week with a few favourites thrown in for good measure.

Here's what we've been up to lately:

 Lots of cute-ness from Muffin (aka Wee Man. His nickname had to change at some point. Although he's still very tiny, he's grown a lot)

Lots of playing with new toys. Someone is finally big enough for his exersaucer. A Christmas gift from Grandma and Grandpa.

 Lots of baby wearing. See that itty bitty? That itty bitty is 5 months old now. And wearing clothes his big brother wore when he was 3 months old. He's fastly outgrowing his pants in length. His 3-6 months pants just barely cover his long legs. Yet as soon as you hold him up, they fall right off. His waist is a 0-3 month wasit. His 0-3 month pants look like shorts on him though. Even one pieces look silly on him. There's so much fabric, he gets losts. I'm so not used to a small, long baby. Monkey, although skinny too, was much bigger. He was wearing 9 month clothing by 5 months. 12 month clothing by 7 months. I've come to accept I shall never have one of those chubby babies full of cute rolls. My boys are baby sweet in their own ways.

I managed to get some scrapping done. Yay!

 New You - Muffin when he was only a few days old.

Baby of Mine - Love how this one turned out. These pictures have been waiting to be scrapped for a month now.

2 Cute - My boys! How I love them!

Squeeze Hug - Monkey and Charlie. These two are quite the pair. I love this line by Basic Grey!

And now I hear the cries of a certain little Muffin Man.
Until next time...

Project Life Saturday (on Monday)

Since I spent the weekend enjoy some family time at the Delta in Toronto, I didn't have the time to post this on Saturday. So here we go on Monday...

 01/15 Monkey and his trains. His tracks take over our living room every day. His trains are his life right now.

 01/16 My sweet boys. These two are my world right now; and I wouldn't have it any other way.

 0/17 Someone has the cutest jam covered face I have ever seen. He's also in need of a haircut. Strangers are starting to tell me I have a beautiful daughter. That's my cue that a haircut is due.

 01/18 Peek a boo! His eyes are always on Mama. The world could be burning down around him, as long as he can see me, he's fine.

 01/19 Lookin' so handsome! I decided to try out a hair salon that is just for kids. Cookie Cutters was just a little more money than I normally spend, but Monkey got to pick his chair, watch a Thomas DVD, got to pick out a balloon with a cookie cutter attached to it and got a sucker (which he dropped 5 seconds after opening it). He also got to play on the slide while waiting for his turn. I think we got our money's worth. He loved it there.

 01/20 Sporting the new do. He can't wait to go to school to show it off to his teachers.

01/21 I eat broccoli, Mom! How to entertain a baby while making dinner.

Until next time...

Working on Sleep

Wee Man is not the best sleeper. He's better than his older brother was in amount; but Wee Man prefers to sleep in someone's arms than his bed...Or his chair...Or his swing...

We got him used to his bed for nighttime fast. He was fine with sleeping there in the peaceful dark until his next feeding or diaper change. Unfortunatly, during the day, there were many, many days I could not put him down. As soon as I did, he'd wake up and cry.

Look how peaceful my sweet boy is at night. All swaddled up in his purple elephant recieving blanket. It's huge! My mom made me some large blankets when I had Monkey. So glad I kept them. Monkey didn't like being swaddled, so these were blankies to play on. Now they're swaddling blankies for Wee Man. The apple blankie is from Whimzee Baby. I love this blankie!

During the day, swaddled or not, Wee Man just does not like his bed. He prefers mine:

Or his big brother's:

(gotta love the custom Thomas sheets with the Cars pillow)

Of course, that doesn't mean he likes to sleep in those beds. He just has more fun playing on them.

Last week, we purchased a Sleep Sheep.

We're hoping this little guy helps our little guy nap better.

I'll admit, I was horrible at remembering to use the Sleep Sheep last week. Yesterday, I grabbed it when Wee Man was looking tired. I had it on as I rocked my sweet one to sleep. I was able to put him down in his bed, with the Sheep still going. He napped for an hour!

Today is Day 2 of Sleep Sheep napping. 30 mins into napping and all is good.

I think he likes it.

Until next time....

Project Life Saturday

Here's another week of pictures. So far, I've managed to get at least one picture a day, but I know there will be missed days in the future at some point. I'm okay with that though.

01/ 08 Hockey Night at our house. Steve proudly wearing the jersey I got him for Christmas, while Monkey plays with his beloved trains.

01/09 Cheeky Monkey...He distroyed his foam ship piece by piece. Good thing my sister was around. She's the only one who knows how to put it back together again. 

01/10 Today I started my 6th week with Weight Watchers. I've dropped 18lbs so far. I'm very proud of myself and can't wait to say I've lost more.  

01/11 Wee Man has appointment after appointment after appointment...He was born with a slight birth defect which might have to lead to an operation. He's going in for an ultrasound in the upcoming week to check his liver, bladder and kidneys. Then we'll be booked to see a specialist in Hamilton who will decide if my tiny baby needs to go under the knife. I'm hoping for a no.  

01/12 My mom and sister whip through after Monkey came home from pre-school. They stole him for an overnighter. It's so quiet in the house when my Monkey is gone.  

01/13 Wee Man all bundled up, and looking oh so cute, ready to go pick up Monkey from Grandma's house. 

01/14 Shopping at "the food store," as Monkey says.

I was going to share how I set up Wee Man's first taste of rice cereal in my album, but I don't have my pictures yet. I sent them to Walmart to print. I had asked Steve to pick them up. He suggested a shopping day for today and to pick them up while we were in town. I had no idea we would get a bunch of snow today. So Walmart still has my pictures. Hopefully Steve will pick them up this up week.

And now I have one layout to share. Just one. How sad. I need to figure out how to get in more scrapping time. I miss it so much. I need to sleep train a certain tiny boy. Teach him that sleeping in his bed is just as nice as sleeping in Mommy's arms.

See? Sleeping in Mommy's arms.
I've been hoarding these Sassafras papers just for Wee Man layouts. They're perfect for tiny baby layouts. Now I just need to use more of them. I also have Nerdy Bird hoarded away for Wee Man layouts. I think I'll break into that pile today if I get the chance to.

Until next time...